SBI clerk online exam generally consists of 5 sections viz. Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude,
General English, General Awareness, Computer Awareness /Marketing Aptitude. Below is SBI clerk
exam syllabus section-wise.
Total marks - 200
Questions - 200
Number of Sections - 5 (Every section 40 marks - 40 ques.)
Every Question - 1 mark
composite time of 2Hours 15minutes
Negative marks - 1/4th mark will be deducted for each
Every section, except General English, will be bilingual i.e., English &Hindi.
To qualify, candidates will have to qualify in each section.
Here is the detailed syllabus of all these sections.
Quantitative Aptitude : Number system, simplifications, Roots, Averages, Surds & Indices, Percentages,
Profit & Loss, Ratio& Proportion, Partnership, Chain rule, Time & work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time &
Distance, Problems on trains, Boats & streams, Allegation & mixtures, Simple & Compound interest,
clocks & algorithms, mensuration, Volume& surface area, Permutations & combinations, heights&
distances, line graphs, Bar graphs, pie charts, Tabulation
SBI Clerk Syllabus - Reasoning Ability :
Series completion, syllogisms, Decision making, Statements , Analogy, Coding & decoding, Blood
relations, Sitting arrangements, Classification.
General English :
Deriving conclusions, Passage completion, Error detection, Passage correction, Sentence correction,
Vocabulary, Spelling correction, Grammar, Idioms, Phrases, Synonyms, Word formation, Antonyms,
Sentence completion, Comprehension, Theme detection.
General Awareness : Indian Constitution, News about technology and researches, News on India and its
neighbouring countries, Knowledge of current events, Sports , history, geography, culture.
Computer Awareness/Marketing Aptitude
Computer Awareness : Questions related to Computer software and hardware, operating system, shortcut
keys, Microsoft word, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet & networks
Marketing Aptitude: Questions on economy of India, questions on Marketing, banking and finance
Note: There will be Negative marking for wrong answers. For every wrong answer given by the candidate,
0.25 marks or marks will be deducted as a penalty for that wrong answer.
2. IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2015 - Quantitative Aptitude Section:Profit and loss, Simple and compound interest problems, Time and work problems, Time and distance
problems, Average problems, Simplifications, Partnerships, Percentage, Ratio and proportions, Average &
Ages Ratio & Proportion, Pie charts, Number system, HCF & LCM, Number series, Approximation Wrong
Number, Finding next number in series, Decimal fractions, Square root and cube root, Bar graphs, Line
graphs, Case study, Mensuration, Permutations and combinations, Data tables, Probability.
5. IBPS Clerk Syllabus 2015 - Computer Knowledge Section:Basic computer fundamentals, History and Future of Computers, Computer abreviation, Microsoft-office,
Basic knowledge of Internet use, Shortcut keys, Basic Software & Hardware and their functionalities,
History and Future of Computers, Networking, etc.
You can download the PDF from the link given above.
CHECK IBPS PO SYLLABUS 2015 with Exam Pattern and PDF